If suspecting heart failure, consider systolic vs. diastolic:

Systolic = reduced ejection fraction

ETIOLOGIES
1. Ischemic heart disease
2. Valvular disease
3. Hypertension
4. Cardiomyopathies
a. Drugs (especially methamphetamines and cocaine)
b. Alcohol
c. Thyroid
d. Lupus
e. Peripartum
f. Tachycardia-associated
g. Familial
h. Infiltrative (sarcoid, amyloid, hemachromatosis)
i. HIV
j. Viruses/Idiopathic
h. Chagas disease

WORKUP
1. Cardiopulmonary: Echo, EKG
2. Laboratory: Utox, ANA, TSH

Diastolic = preserved ejection fraction

ETIOLOGIES
1. LVH/Hypertension



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